In this article the authors provide context for and detail the Alfred University Libraries' investigation into the libraries' relationship with manufacturing prison labor. The investigation utilized a patron furniture audit to collect furniture and manufacturer data. This research project demystifies the university library's relationship to prison…

The purpose of this literature review was to describe the research regarding parenting programs designed for incarcerated fathers. In doing so, this manuscript explores parenting programs and interventions specifically tailored to the needs of incarcerated fathers, with particular attention to those incorporating attachment-based approaches and…

Though the impacts of prison are fundamentally interwoven in the experiences of many communities, especially communities of color, mass incarceration in many ways remains invisible in the archival record and national consciousness and memory. In this project, Ithaka S+R, in collaboration with Wendy Jason from the Justice Arts Coalition (JAC), a…

The abolitionist movement is gaining momentum in the United States and the United Kingdom and calls to shrink the carceral state have become a staple of grassroots movements and activist groups fighting for a more just world in the 21st century. The role played by higher education (HE) educators in this struggle for a world without prisons is an…

This qualitative study examines how elementary students of Color develop and enact an abolitionist praxis as part of a "Freedom Dreaming" literacy unit. The analysis of focus-group interviews elucidates how, after learning about freedom dreaming and the abolition of prisons and police, students positioned historical anti-carceral…

This article explores how arts-based pedagogies give insight into the lives and dreams of students who experience detainment and incarceration. This article begins with an overview of imagination as a framework that the authors used to explore student work. They connect the concept of imagination to research on multiliteracies and arts-based…

Adult education takes place in various contexts. Prisons are one of them. This article reports on research carried out in a prison of Portugal, which sought to understand and answer the following question: given the lack of prior academic and, in many cases, professional training that prepares teachers to work in such an educational context, how…

The Higher Education in Prison (HEP) Act, enacted on January 1, 2024, requires higher education public institutions to collect and report annually specified demographics and select outcomes and correctional facility to the ICCB for students in higher education in prison (HEP) programs. The intent of the reporting requirements is to provide…

A "carceral state" represents a critical definitional contrast to the more commonly invoked frames of "mass incarceration" or "mass criminalization." Mass criminalization scholarship is typically focused on the most proximate causes and consequences of growth in the size of the criminal legal system. In contrast,…

Research suggests that whilst not more likely to offend, autistic people are overrepresented within the Criminal Justice System. To date, prevalence estimates are available only for male autistic offenders. Thus, this research aimed to provide the prison-reported rate of autistic female prisoners currently residing in the female prison estate in…

Relational art therapy implemented in a women's prison, as demonstrated by the Expressive Post program, illustrates a transformative method for overcoming psychological obstacles. Embedded in relational theory and response-based art making, this method emphasizes the establishment of a therapeutic milieu characterized by mutual empathy,…

A cognitive prerequisite for education and (re)entry into the labor market is the ability to concentrate for a long period. Conducted with 39 participants, the present study examines the effect of a six-week dance-like martial arts program on prisoners' concentration ability in an open prison in Germany (n=15), and compares their concentration…

The purpose of this article is to paint a narrative in exploration of the following research question: What can we learn about Black life and Black Joy from the voices of those who are incarcerated? Utilizing the historical tradition of Black testimony, this article will explore this research question within the context of an urban high school…

When facilitating group art therapy for young adult male inmates in prison, response art helped an art therapist to build therapeutic bonds and maintain self-care. Both artmaking in-session and post-session enabled the art therapist to traverse relational distance, nurture trust, and create social bonds in the group. By reflecting on her response…

Objective: The present study describes the development of the Indiana Prison Writers Workshop (IPWW), a creative writing workshop, based in group theory and designed for incarcerated settings. Methods: Quantitative evaluation data from IPWW workshops conducted from 2023-2024 were analyzed using IBM SPSS V. 29. Prior to the workshop, 149 men…